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Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by bandgeekforever, Nov 5, 2008.

  1. bandgeekforever

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    Hi,
    I'm doing this research paper for my first ever university english course (yay!) and my professor thinks I was a bit to ambitious with my thesis. I want to research how the changing presentation of gay teenagers on television has a positive impact on coming out. The paper is only supposed to be 2500 words at an absolute maximum so I need to condense my thesis and make it a bit more specific.

    And so to my question(s):
    What are your favorite shows with gay characters in them?
    Which of these shows portray gay teenagers in the most positive light?

    Thanks for all your input!
     
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    Xandir from Drawn Together

    Desperate Housewives - Andrew - i can identify with him a LOT as a gay teen from where his mom doesn't agree with his sexuality and him and i have done some of the same things fyi NO i am not a prostitute lol
     
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    Callie and Doctor Han in Grey's Anatomy, hands down.
     
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    1.- Will & Grace (I LOVE Karen Walker)
    Degrassi TNG

    2.- Degrassi fo sho
     
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    From Will & Grace: Will, Vince, Jack, Karen, and Beverly Leslie
    From MTV's Spyder Games: Ivan
    From As The World Turns: Luke Snyder (the only gay teen character I know of)
     
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    Willow and Tara-Buffy the Vampire Slayer
     
  8. Denny Blood and Shaz Wylie from Bad Girls, (Denny, season one to five, Shaz, season two to four.)
     
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    Can we go off of movies? Or Tv exclusive?
     
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    TV exclusive. Its only going to be a 2500 word report so its got to be specific.
     
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    Given how confusing mine is, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to include it. But I'll tell you anyway.

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    Robbie Sinclair, from Dinosaurs.

    In the early 90s, when this show was on, homosexuality was still a rather taboo subject. That was especially true on a show like this, which was run by Henson Industries and Disney. So when the writers decided to do a show about "alternative lifestyles", parental expectations, and tolerance, they decided they'd have to find another way to get their point across.

    So Robbie didn't come out as a homosexual.
    He came out as a vegetarian.

    It was possibly the best episode of the series. Robbie has a fight with his father about "there's more to being a dinosaur than what he eats". He endures taunts of "herbo". He has a heart-to-heart with his best friend, who reveals that he's a vegetarian, too. "I've always kind of suspected. Ever since I was twelve, whenever I see vegetables? I feel kinda...hungry."

    Lex
     
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    As others have said: "Skins" and Maxxie played by Mitch Hewer, who is incredibly good looking
    "Shameless" and Ian Ghalager, played by Gerard Kearns gives (I think) a positive depiction of the gay teen in a very poor area
    Finally "Queer as Folk" (the English version, not the US version), but the gay characters are more stereotypical